AlphaNovel — Books & Stories

Stephany Ann

1 year ago

They have good stories and I could get passed the fact that it's beginner authors writing stories with no editing. I can get over the fact that you have to remember to click on the chapter to have to wait an hour for a free chapter. What I cannot get passed is even tho it's super expensive I am willing to pay to read but they are charging my card 2-3 xs every single time and I have to reach out to get my money back every time and I don't actually get my money back every time. It's a rip off.

Alicia Hahn

1 year ago

Very frustrated!!!! I didn't even get to finish one full book. The chapters are really short and way too many for a book. It's hard to earn coins without purchasing them. The cost to unlock chapters starts small and increases or wait an hour and eventually you can't even do that. Cheaper and easier to just buy a book on Amazon or use your local library. Deleted app and will never use again.

Brenda Jackson

1 year ago

One star is too generous!! A money trap if you fall in. Most ebooks cost less than $10. But $10 worth of 'coins' will not even get you 1/2 way through one of these books. The chapters are short, ongoing conversations are spaced too far apart, and writing about the viewpoints of the 2 main characters for the same scene is repetitive and makes the books 2xs more stupid! The main characters have hardly any romantic scenes, and the males are too illilogical, weak-minded, and mean to be believable.

Kat Linebaugh

1 year ago

I originally liked the app, stories for the most part were good, but after so many chapters you have to pay, they are no longer free after 1 hours. Now you have to watch 3 videos to get it free or pay. If I wanted to watch videos I would play games instead. I just uninstalled because almost all the book I was reading required videos or coins to continue. I have been reading for a few months and now I can't finish any of the books I started

Brandy Kephart

2 years ago

The books are interesting but these apps are so frustrating. 1) The chapters are very short. 2) The amount of chapters is excessive, probably because they are so short. 3) The amount of coins needed to unlock chapters gradually increases, which really sucks when there are over 200 chapters. 4) I read at a decent pace so it'll either cost me well over the value of the book to read or take quite a long time to finish a book using only free coins.

Krystal Molcilio

1 year ago

Apparently I experienced a block at the place where they allow you to view the ads and receive points. Yet it allows me to purchase some of I care to. All though I like the book. I've only opened my second book. It almost feels like a set up. I'm considering removing myself and anyone I referred the app to do it as well. I might enjoy the book but the aggravation is not worth it to me. I'm giving them the chance to either repair or explain my current situation. Otherwise,.... good luck.

Catherine Williams

1 year ago

I didn't get a chance to experience the app, because I deleted it as soon as I noticed it wasn't correctly accessing my Google account balance. I just got a gift card for Christmas to use specifically for reading. When I went to purchase a special offer, it showed I had a zero balance. I rechecked Google play store, and the balance is what I thought it was. There are plenty of other reading apps, but you might want to fix that.

missy

1 year ago

The app has a feature that opens a free chapter every hour UNTIL you get to about the last 20ish chapters. Then you have to buy them with coins that you have either earned or purchased. I really wouldn't mind this so much IF there was a standard cost for each chapter, but it can vary from typical 36 coins up to 81. Hard to figure out what will be needed total like that.

Shayla Nicole

1 year ago

If it worked properly then I'd give it 5 stars. I downloaded this recently and each time I try taking advantage of the 1 hr free chapter it says unable to connect to the server, so I've missed out on many chapters. It has no problem taking my coins to connect though. My tasks to be able to gain coins will change on me too. I had 1 task left, then that task changed on me. If they don't work soon then I'll be uninstalling and choosing another app for my True Luna book. I looked forward to this app

Terri Baird

1 year ago

The book I have been reading is great love it. But the platform itself is horrible. I spent $9.99 on coins to read the book. Yes, you can read for free but let's be real 1 chapter an hour is open. So, you read a chapter once you finish that one, the timer starts, and you have to wait an hour to read the next chapter to open the next chapter or pay with coins is a lot. I haven't even come near finishing the book. Total rip off will never use again.

Jena Sambrano

1 year ago

Being an avid reader my entire life, I was initially thrilled to get this app. However, now that I have to pay for more than 20 chapters... I don't like it nearly as much. The editing is terrible in all the books. Some of the writers draw chapters out, so the story ends up sounding ridiculous. Could be better. Lied when it said free app. Dissatisfied at best.

Amy Fahy

1 year ago

Was initially irritated about the coins to read chapters, since it's a "free" book, but since you could wait an hour to read, I thought it wasn't so bad. Then, near the end of the book, the hour option disappeared and you had to have coins to finish reading. Such a scam. While entertaining, the editing is not very good. I would have paid $2 or $3 to read the entire book, if it was on a reputable app.

Rebekah Slabinski

1 year ago

I really like some of the stories, but the app is having issues. It gives you an option to watch 3 ads to unlock 🔓 the next chapter which is great if it worked! All I'm getting is loading an then it gets stuck sometimes the ad will load I'll watch it then when I exit out then again all it does is load and doesn't read that I've watched the ad. It was working a few days ago before the update and unfortunately it's not working now.

Ann S

1 year ago

Overall, it's a good app. You can read 1 chapter for free every hour (per book). The only few things that I wish were improved are either the system or the actual person correcting grammatical errors and misspellings. Also, I wish there was a rule for the authors to either not be able to publish unfinished books or require them to finish a book in a timely manner. It's quite annoying when you start reading a book, and you can finish since the author is not adding any characters.

nobilee Archambeau

1 year ago

When I downloaded it was great!! But with the latest update they took away the time wait for the next chapter. I enjoyed reading a chapter at a time earning enough coins to buy out the last 20 chapters. There are So many apps that require you to watch ads and I was grateful this app had options. Now I might delete it. Wow you're response says "added a new feature". Yes, that is my problem! You "Added" one and took away the time wait feature. Therefore you did not "Add" a feature you replaced one

Alaa

1 year ago

Was great, now not so much. It was advertised that it unlocks chapters hourly until you reach like the last 20 chapters of the book and you'd have to unlock using coins. But then that was removed and you have the option to watch 3 ads to be able to unlock the chapters without using coins but now trying to watch ads is difficult because the app like freezes and never loads an ad! It's sad and frustrating you can't enjoy the books.

ShaGirl Penny

1 year ago

This app is extremely frustrating. It's supposed to be free, but it makes it so difficult to earn coins by reading or watching ads that u just want to give up and just forget about reading the story. The countdown clock seems to freeze when ur out of the app. It's been showing a 9 min countdown for about 2 hrs now. It seems that this is their way of forcing u to just buy coins. I bought 1,000 coins yesterday and was only able to read about 40 chapters with it. Not happy at all!!!!!